Toilet seat



May 31,1927. 1,630,524

A. J. BRUDER TOILET SEAT Filed DEG. 2, 1925 Patented May 31, `1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST J. BRUDER, OF HOLLY, MICHIGAN.

j TOILET SEAT.

Application led December 2, 1925. Serial No. 72,617.

This invention relates to a toilet seat and has special reference to aseat that is ventilated to remove obnoxious fumes oriodors from a toiletbowl while in use, such a seat being applicable to ordinary toilet bowlsby simply changing the mounting of the seat.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a sanitary hollowtoilet seat having an upper surface diering from the lower surface ofthe seat to the extent of providing an insulator between a body on theseat and metallic parts of the seat, so that the body will not bechilled by a cold metallic or composition surface, similar to enamel,wood or the like.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hollow toilet seatcomposed of a plurality of sections rigidly and firmly connectedtogether in a manner that eliminates warping and cracking, of parts,besides assisting in maintaining the seat in a sanitary condition.

A further object ot this invention is to provide ya novel pivotalmounting for a bowl seat which willpermit of t-he seat being easily andquickly removed when it is desired to scald or thoroughly clean thesame.

rlhe above are a few of the objects attained by the novel constructionof my toilet bowl seat and others may hereinafter appear as theinventionis better understood by aid of the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a planof the toilet seat partly broken away and partly in section; y

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a toilet bowl showing the seat inlongitudinal section;

Fig. 3 is a plan of the bottom section of the seat;

lFig. 4 is a plan of the front top section of the seat;

Fig. 5 is a plan of a back top section of the seat;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional View of an outlet T connection;

Fig. 7 is a cross sectional View on the line "VH-V11 of Fig. 2;.

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view showing 'liront and back top sectionsjoined on the bottom section, and

Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view of a portion of the seat illustrating amodified form of connection between the top and bottom sections.

ln thedrawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes a conventional form oftoilet bowl having a back ledge 2 and mounted on this ledge is an outletT connection 3 provided with screwthreaded ends 4 so that a cap 5 may bemounted on one end of the connection and an outlet or vent pipe 6suitably oupled to the opposite end of the connecion. L

rThe T connection includes aninlet portion 7 substantially rectangularand provided with a wide opening 8 and apertures 9, said aperturesvertically alining with openings 10 inthe back ledge 2 of the bowl, soas to receive nut equipped socket bolts 11 having socket heads 12. l

The toilet seat is composed of a bottom section 12, a front top section14 and a back top section 15. The bottom section 12 may be made of metaland in addition to being substantially oval in plan it is dished orchannel shaped throughout its coniiguration with the inner and outeredges of the section formed with upstanding flanges to provide seats 16for the front and back top sections, which snugly fit on the bottomsection, as brought ont in section in Fig. 2. As the mechanicalequivalent of such connection between the bottom and top sections theremay be a tongue and groove connection, as shown in Fig. 9. 1n additionto theee edge connections the bottom section 13 is formed with posts 17disposed at intervals about said section and adapted to adjon posts 18of the top sections 14 and 15, so that grooves 19 or the like may bemounted in the bottom section 13 to connect the top sections thereto.The front and back top sections are preferably made of rubber or anonbowl, the interior'ot the hollow seat and the T connection forVentilating purposes.

rlhe bottom section 13fis complete for the lower part ot' the toiletseat, but the upper part of the seat is formed by the adjoining frontand back sections 14 and 15,- the latter having lateral flanges'22 on towhich extend the rear ends of the fronts'ection 14, as best shown inFig. 8. The back sectionv15 co* operates with the bottom section 13 inproviding the Ventilating openings and the back section is formed withrearwardly and upwardly extending side lugs 23 by which the completetoilet seat may be detaehably and pivotally connected to the socketbolts 1l at the rear of the bowl l. For this purpose, the lugs 23 havespring pressed pintles 24 provided with knobs 25, and the pintles 24 areadapted to extend into the socket heads 12 of the bolts 11 andconnecting the toilet seat to the bowl so that it may be raised in theusual manner or completely removed.

The barrel portion 26 of a lid 27 may be pivotally mounted between thelugs 23.

All the toilet seat with the exception of the front top section 14 maybe made ot metal, but this front top section is made of non-metallicmaterial so as to avoid a chill or cold elect for the occupant of theseat. I prefer to use a hard rubber composition that may be molded orotherwise formed, the composition being impervious and ot' such a natureas to be readily maintained in a sanitary condition.

It is thought that the utility of my invention will be apparent withoutfurther description, and while in the drawings there is illustrated apreferred embodiment of the toilet seat, it is to be understood that thestructural elements are susceptible to such changes as are permissibleby the appended claim.

The combination of a toilet bowl, an outlet T connection thereon, and ahollow seat pivotally and detachably connected to said bowl and havingan opening establishing a Ventilating connection between said bowl andthe connection, said seat being composed ot' a bottom section havingposts` front and back top sections fitted in said bottom section, postscarried by said top sections and adjoining the postsiof said bottomsection, the front top section having a lap joint with the front andback top section, and means connectingr the adjoining posts of thesections together.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

AUGUST J. BRUDER.

